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Compatibility

DVDs: Our Region 0 DVDs will play on all machines. Our Region 1 DVDs are designed for North America but will play on most non-North American machines. The region of each DVD title is stated in the listings.

Videos: All Bel Canto Society Videos are available in NTSC VHS, the format used in North America and Japan. Most are also available in PAL VHS, widely used elsewhere.

We’ll send tapes in PAL VHS to customers in countries that use the PAL standard and NTSC VHS to customers in countries that use that standard—unless you specify otherwise. Scroll down to view list of countries and their video formats.

Do you live in a country that uses the PAL standard but have a VCR that can play NTSC VHS tapes?
If so, and if you want a video that is available only in NTSC VHS, we suggest saying so in the message section of the checkout form, to expedite your order.

We’re unable to provide tapes in the SECAM standard, found in France and many countries in Eastern Europe, Africa and Asia; however, PAL VHS tapes usually will play on SECAM video cassette recorders, but in black and white.

The following localities use PAL VHS:
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Andorra
Angola
Australia
Austria
Azores
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Belgium
Botswana
Brunei
Burkina Faso
Cameroon
Canary Islands
China
Denmark
Equatorial Guinea
Ethiopia
Faroes Islands
Finland
Germany
Ghana
Gibraltar
Greenland
Hong Kong
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jordan
Kenya
North Korea
Kuwait
Lesotho
Liberia
Luxembourg
Madeira Islands
Malaysia
Malta
Monaco
Mozambique
Netherlands
New Guinea
New Zealand
Nigeria
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
Polynesia
Portugal
Qatar
San Marino
Saudi Arabia
Sierra Leone
Singapore
South Africa
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Swaziland
Sweden
Switzerland
Tanzania
Thailand
Turkey
Uganda
United Kingdom
United Arab Emirates
Yemen (A.R.)
Yemen (P.D.R.)
Yugoslavia
Zambia
Zanzibar
Zimbabwe 

The following localities use NTSC VHS, the standard in Central and North America and Japan.
Antigua
Bahamas
Barbados
Belize
Bermuda
Bolivia
Burma
Canada
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Cuba
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
El Salvador
Guam
Haiti
Honduras
Jamaica
Japan
South Korea
Mexico
Montserrat
Netherlands Antilles
Nicaragua
Panama
Peru
Philippines
Saipan
Samoa
Surinam
Taiwan
Trinidad and Tobago
United States
Venezuela
Virgin Islands 

Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay use the PAL-N VHS system; Brazil uses the PAL-M VHS system. These systems are not compatible with either PAL VHS or NTSC VHS.

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